Japan-Korea International Symposium for Materials Science
in Wakayama 2026
AIM
Japan and Korea are powerful in the field of materials science. This symposium will invite researchers at the forefront of materials development in Japan and Korea to hold lively discussions on inorganic and organic material catalysis and synthesis, synchrotron radiation analysis, porous materials, and solid-state properties. Through cross-sectional exchanges between Japanese and Korean mid-career researchers (in their 40s and 50s), young researchers (in their ~30s), and graduate students in materials science, a network will be formed for international collaborative research and the sharing of specialized knowledge. This network is believed to contribute to the future development of materials science in Japan and Korea.
Invited Speakers
Prof. Minyoung Yoon Kyungpook National University
"A Three-Dimensional Nickel–Pyrazolate Framework for Studying Redox-Hopping Charge Transport"
Prof. Nak Cheon Jeong
Daegu Gyeongbook Institute of Science and Technology
"Intrinsicality of Guest Molecule Coordination in MOF and Atmospheric Water Harvesting"
Prof. Kang Min Ok
Sogang University
"Rational Design of Noncentrosymmetric Solid-State Materials"
Prof. Daeha Seo
POSTECH
"From Homogeneity to Turing Pattern:
Kinetically Controlled Self-organization of Transmembrane Protein
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Prof. Hyun Sung Kim Pukyong National University
"Porous Zeolite Frameworks for Efficient Singlet Oxygen Generation and Selective Photo-Oxidation"
Prof. Junseong Lee Chonnam National University
"Metal Complexes Containing Azole Ligands"
Prof. Sarah S. Park
POSTECH
"Engineering the Physical Properties of Functional Framework Materials at the Atomic and Nanoscale"
Prof. Changho Yoo
UNIST
"Catalytic Ethylene Carboxylation with CO2
Using Nickel and Titanium Systems"
Prof. Intek Song
Gyeongkuk National University
"Coupled Proton-Electron Conductivity in Hydrogen-Bonded Coordination Polymers for Neuromorphic Applications"
Prof. Haeri Lee
Hannam University
"Anion effects on construction of supramolecular structures"
Prof. Young Hyun Hong
Sogang University
"Molecular-Level Structural Insights into
Artificial Photosynthetic Catalytic Systems"
Prof. Minjung Kang
KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
"Grafting Density Effects in Polymer-Grafted MOF Monolayers"
Prof. Hayoung Song
Gachon University
"Borane-tethered Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)Carbene"
Prof. Wataru Kosaka
Tohoku University
"Cooperative Magnetic Phase Evolution via Oxygen Spin Coupling in a Layered Metal–Organic Framework Magnet"
Prof. Ken-ichi Otake
Kyoto University
"Harnessing Structural Adaptability for Chemical Reactions in Porous Crystals"
Prof. Masaki Kawano
Institute of Science Tokyo
"Kinetic Pathway Engineering with Interactive Molecules for Self-Assembly"
Prof. Teppei Yamada
The University of Tokyo
Phase transition for electrochemical thermoelectric conversion
Prof. Yumi Yakiyama
Osaka University
"Modification of Polarity in Curved-π Conjugated Sumanene Derivatives"
Prof. Tetsuro Kusamoto
Osaka University
"Assembled radicals enable spin-correlated luminescence"
Prof. Ryohei Akiyoshi
Kwansei Gakuin University
"Meltable Semiconducting Metal–Thiolate Coordination Polymers"
Prof. Naoka NagamuraNational Institute for Materials
"Surface and Interface Analysis Integrating Multi-dimensional Spectromicroscopy and Machine Learning"
Prof. Kazuhiko Maeda
Institute of Science Tokyo
Supra-ceramics for heterogeneous photocatalysis
Prof. Mizuki Tada
Nagoya University
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Prof. Nobuhiko Ozaki
Wakayama University
"Self-assembled InAs quantum dots for high-axial-resolution
OCT light source applications"
Prof. Rie Makiura
Tohoku University
"Metal-organic framework nanosheet crystals assembled at the air/water interface"
Prof. Tetsuya KambeUniversity of Tsukuba
"Precise Inorganic Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Boron Materials and Functional Development"